Committees

General chair

Prof. Masahiro Tsukamoto, JWRI, Osaka University, Japan

Co-chair

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Andreas Ostendorf, Applied Laser Technologies, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Steering committee chair

Dr. Yuji Sato, JWRI, Osaka University, Japan

Program commitee chair

Dr. Masahito Katto, University of Miyazaki, Japan

International advisory committee members

Dr.-Ing. Christian Hagenlocher, Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge (IFSW), Germany

Prof. Yongfeng Lu, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA

Prof. Beat Neuenschwander, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Applied Laser, Photonics and Surface Technologies ALPS, Switzerland

Dr. Patcharapit Promoppatum, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

Dr. Gediminas Račiukaitis, Head of Department of Laser Technologies FTMC - Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania

Prof. Tomokazu Sano, Osaka University, Japan

Program committee co-chairs

Dr. Hitoshi Nakano, Kindai University, Japan

Dr. Aiko Narazaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Program committee members

Prof. Masaki Hashida, Tokai University, Japan

Prof. Yoshio Hayasaki, Utsunomiya University, Japan

Dr. Souta Matsusaka, Chiba University, Japan

Dr. Godai Miyaji, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Dr. Mizue Mizoshiri, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Dr. Yasuhiro Okamoto, Okayama University, Japan

Prof. Timotius Pasang, Western Michigan Universtity, USA

Prof. Keisuke Shigemori, Osaka University, Japan

Dr. Sasitorn Srisawadi, National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), Thailand

Prof. Rie Tanabe, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan

Dr. Miho Tsuyama, Kindai University, Japan

Dr. Jörg Volpp, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Sweden

Dr. Yorihiro Yamashita, University of Fukui, Japan

Steering committee member

Dr. Keisuke Takenaka, JWRI, Osaka University, Japan

Mr. Kyohei Maeda, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan